Almost two months of the 2024 MLB season we’ve finally landed on the week we’ve been waiting for with an overabundance of quality two-start pitching options. Since 10 teams have seven games next week, most of those teams have two pitchers in their rotations making multiple starts. The tricky aspect is that only a few of those pitchers have favorable matchups in both starts, so setting your lineups in weekly leagues will require more diligence than normal. That’s why we’re hard at work providing our weekly starting pitcher rankings and quality start confidence level scores for your planning needs.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 8 (5/13 – 5/19)
| Rnk | Pitcher | Team | Opp | Confidence Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @SFG/ CIN | 9 (both matchups) |
| 2 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | WSH | 9 |
| 3 | Corbin Burnes | BAL | TOR/ SEA | 8 (both matchups) |
| 4 | Tarik Skubal | DET | @ARI | 8 |
| 5 | Cole Ragans | KCR | OAK | 8 |
| 6 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | @SFG | 8 |
| 7 | Zac Gallen | ARI | DET | 7 |
| 8 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | TBR/ @STL | 7 (both matchups) |
| 9 | Brayan Bello | BOS | @STL | 7 |
| 10 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | @ATL/ PIT | 7 (@ATL=6 & PIT=8) |
| 11 | Garrett Crochet | CWS | WSH | 7 |
| 12 | Jack Flaherty | DET | @ARI | 7 |
| 13 | Framber Valdez | HOU | OAK | 7 |
| 14 | Cristian Javier | HOU | OAK | 7 |
| 15 | Seth Lugo | KCR | OAK | 7 |
| 16 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | NYY | 7 |
| 17 | Luis Severino | NYM | @MIA | 7 |
| 18 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @NYM/ WSH | 7 (@NYM=6 & WSH=8) |
| 19 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | NYM | 7 |
| 20 | Jared Jones | PIT | @CHC | 7 |
| 21 | Sonny Gray | STL | @LAA | 7 |
| 22 | Dylan Cease | SDP | COL | 7 |
| 23 | Kyle Harrison | SFG | COL | 7 |
| 24 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | KCR | 7 |
| 25 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | TBR | 7 |
| 26 | Jordan Montgomery | ARI | CIN/ DET | 6 (CIN=5 & DET=7) |
| 27 | Reynaldo Lopez | ATL | CHC/ SDP | 6 (both matchups) |
| 28 | Chris Sale | ATL | CHC | 6 |
| 29 | Max Fried | ATL | SDP | 6 |
| 30 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | TOR | 6 |
| 31 | Cole Irvin | BAL | TOR | 6 |
| 32 | John Means | BAL | SEA | 6 |
| 33 | Tanner Houck | BOS | TBR | 6 |
| 34 | Justin Steele | CHC | PIT | 6 |
| 35 | Erick Fedde | CWS | WSH | 6 |
| 36 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | @LAD | 6 |
| 37 | Reese Olson | DET | MIA | 6 |
| 38 | Casey Mize | DET | MIA | 6 |
| 39 | Justin Verlander | HOU | OAK/ MIL | 6 (OAK=7 & MIL=5) |
| 40 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | OAK | 6 |
| 41 | Brady Singer | KCR | @SEA/ OAK | 6 (@SEA=5 & OAK=7) |
| 42 | Walker Buehler | LAD | CIN | 6 |
| 43 | Jesus Luzardo | MIA | NYM | 6 |
| 44 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | @HOU | 6 |
| 45 | Joe Ryan | MIN | NYY | 6 |
| 46 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | @CLE | 6 |
| 47 | Bailey Ober | MIN | @CLE | 6 |
| 48 | Tylor Megill | NYM | @MIA | 6 |
| 49 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | @MIN/ CWS | 6 (@MIN=5 & CWS=7) |
| 50 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | CWS | 6 |
| 51 | Luis Gil | NYY | CWS | 6 |
| 52 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | @NYM/ WSH | 6 (@NYM=5 & WSH=7) |
| 53 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @CHC | 6 |
| 54 | Michael King | SDP | COL | 6 |
| 55 | Yu Darvish | SDP | @ATL | 6 |
| 56 | George Kirby | SEA | KCR/ @BAL | 6 (KCR=7 & @BAL=5) |
| 57 | Bryan Woo | SEA | KCR | 6 |
| 58 | Bryce Miller | SEA | @BAL | 6 |
| 59 | Luis Castillo | SEA | @BAL | 6 |
| 60 | Zach Eflin | TBR | @BOS/ @TOR | 6 (both matchups) |
| 61 | Zack Littell | TBR | @BOS | 6 |
| 62 | Jon Gray | TEX | CLE | 6 |
| 63 | Mitchell Parker | WSH | @CWS | 6 |
| 64 | Charlie Morton | ATL | CHC | 5 |
| 65 | Dean Kremer | BAL | SEA | 5 |
| 66 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | TBR | 5 |
| 67 | Cooper Criswell | BOS | TBR | 5 |
| 68 | Javier Assad | CHC | PIT | 5 |
| 69 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | @ARI | 5 |
| 70 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | @TEX/ MIN | 5 (both matchups) |
| 71 | Triston McKenzie | CLE | MIN | 5 |
| 72 | Hunter Brown | HOU | MIL | 5 |
| 73 | Michael Wacha | KCR | @SEA | 5 |
| 74 | Reid Detmers | LAA | STL | 5 |
| 75 | Griffin Canning | LAA | STL | 5 |
| 76 | Patrick Sandoval | LAA | @TEX | 5 |
| 77 | Gavin Stone | LAD | @SFG | 5 |
| 78 | James Paxton | LAD | CIN | 5 |
| 79 | Braxton Garrett | MIA | NYM | 5 |
| 80 | Joe Ross | MIL | PIT | 5 |
| 81 | Chris Paddack | MIN | NYY/ @CLE | 5 (NYY=4 & @CLE=6) |
| 82 | Sean Manaea | NYM | PHI/ @MIA | 5 (PHI=4 & @MIA=6) |
| 83 | Christian Scott | NYM | @PHI | 5 |
| 84 | Marcus Stroman | NYY | @MIN | 5 |
| 85 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | @MIN | 5 |
| 86 | JP Sears | OAK | @HOU/ @KCR | 5 (@HOU=4 & @KCR=6) |
| 87 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | NYM | 5 |
| 88 | Mitch Keller | PIT | @MIL/ @CHC | 5 (both matchups) |
| 89 | Martin Perez | PIT | @MIL | 5 |
| 90 | Bailey Falter | PIT | @CHC | 5 |
| 91 | Kyle Gibson | STL | BOS | 5 |
| 92 | Matt Waldron | SDP | @ATL | 5 |
| 93 | Jordan Hicks | SFG | LAD/ COL | 5 (LAD=4 & COL=6) |
| 94 | Logan Webb | SFG | LAD | 5 |
| 95 | Mason Black | SFG | COL | 5 |
| 96 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | LAA | 5 |
| 97 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @BAL/ TBR | 5 (@BAL=4 & TBR=6) |
| 98 | Trevor Williams | WSH | @CWS/ @PHI | 5 (@CWS=6 & @PHI=4) |
| 99 | MacKenzie Gore | WSH | @PHI | 5 |
| 100 | Slade Cecconi | ARI | CIN | 4 |
| 101 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | CIN | 4 |
| 102 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | DET | 4 |
| 103 | Hayden Wesneski | CHC | @ATL | 4 |
| 104 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | PIT | 4 |
| 105 | Chris Flexen | CWS | WSH/ @NYY | 4 (WSH=5 & @NYY=3) |
| 106 | Hunter Greene | CIN | @ARI | 4 |
| 107 | Frankie Montas | CIN | @LAD | 4 |
| 108 | Ben Lively | CLE | @TEX | 4 |
| 109 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE | @TEX | 4 |
| 110 | Logan Allen | CLE | MIN | 4 |
| 111 | Ryan Feltner | COL | @SFG | 4 |
| 112 | Kenta Maeda | DET | MIA/ @ARI | 4 (MIA=5 & @ARI=3) |
| 113 | Alec Marsh | KCR | @SEA | 4 |
| 114 | Jose Soriano | LAA | STL/ @TEX | 4 (STL=5 & @TEX=3) |
| 115 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | @TEX | 4 |
| 116 | Landon Knack | LAD | CIN | 4 |
| 117 | Ryan Weathers | MIA | @DET | 4 |
| 118 | Colin Rea | MIL | PIT/ @HOU | 4 (PIT=5 & @HOU=3) |
| 119 | Tobias Myers | MIL | PIT | 4 |
| 120 | Bryse Wilson | MIL | @HOU | 4 |
| 121 | Jose Butto | NYM | PHI | 4 |
| 122 | Jose Quintana | NYM | @PHI | 4 |
| 123 | Paul Blackburn | OAK | @HOU | 4 |
| 124 | Ross Stripling | OAK | @KCR | 4 |
| 125 | Lance Lynn | STL | @LAA | 4 |
| 126 | Miles Mikolas | STL | BOS | 4 |
| 127 | Aaron Civale | TBR | @BOS/ @TOR | 4 (both matchups) |
| 128 | Taj Bradley | TBR | @BOS | 4 |
| 129 | Tyler Alexander | TBR | @TOR | 4 |
| 130 | Michael Lorenzen | TEX | CLE/ LAA | 4 (both matchups) |
| 131 | Jose Urena | TEX | LAA | 4 |
| 132 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @BAL | 4 |
| 133 | Yusei Kikuchi | TOR | @BAL | 4 |
| 134 | Patrick Corbin | WSH | @CWS | 4 |
| 135 | Jake Irvin | WSH | @PHI | 4 |
| 136 | Bryce Elder | ATL | SDP | 3 |
| 137 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @ATL | 3 |
| 138 | Graham Ashcraft | CIN | @ARI/ @LAD | 3 (both matchups) |
| 139 | Peter Lambert | COL | @SDP/ @SFG | 3 (both matchups) |
| 140 | Cal Quantrill | COL | @SDP | 3 |
| 141 | Austin Gomber | COL | @SDP | 3 |
| 142 | Dakota Hudson | COL | @SFG | 3 |
| 143 | Sixto Sanchez | MIA | @DET/ NYM | 3 (both matchups) |
| 144 | Trevor Rogers | MIA | @DET | 3 |
| 145 | Osvaldo Bido | OAK | @HOU/ @KCR | 3 (@HOU=2 & @KCR=4) |
| 146 | Alex Wood | OAK | @HOU | 3 |
| 147 | Quinn Priester | PIT | @MIL | 3 |
| 148 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | @LAA/ BOS | 3 (both matchups) |
| 149 | Keaton Winn | SFG | LAD | 3 |
| 150 | Jack Leiter | TEX | CLE | 3 |
| 151 | Mike Clevinger | CWS | @NYY | 2 |
| 152 | Michael Soroka | CWS | @NYY | 2 |
| 153 | Randy Vasquez | SDP | COL/ @ATL | 2 (COL=3 & @ATL=1) |
| 154 | Alek Manoah | TOR | TBR | 1 |
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